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HOLY OF HOLIES 



ATTITUDES OF 

ATTAINMENT 




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Within the 

Holy of Holies 

or 
Attitudes of Attainment 

BY 

RELLIMEO 



REVISED EDITION 



THE MASTERY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

CHICAGO, ILL. 
1920 






"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect." 

The Master 



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The Suggestions Contained in 

"WITHIN THE HOLY OF HOLIES" 

are classified as follows: 

Page 

I. Foreword 5 

II. The Spoken Word .... 8 

III. Concentration 13 

IV. Illumination 19 

V. "I Am'; ....... 22 

VI. Song, "Open My Eyes" . . .25 

VII. Invocation 26 

VIII. In Touch with the Universe . . .27 

IX. "My Prayer." C.S 28 

X. Blessings 29 

XI. Affirmations 33 

XII. A Prayer . . . . . . 36 

XIII. Song, "Infinite Love and Wisdom" . 38 

XIV. Harmony 39 

XV. Peace 43 

XVI. Power . 49 

XVII. Poise . .... . .57 

XVIII. Purity 63 

XIX. Purpose 69 

XX. Prosperity 75 

XXI. Plenty _. . # 81 

XXII. Song, "Stillness" 88 

XXIII. The Noon Hour 89 

XXIV. The Evening Hour .... 90 
XXV. Psychic Development . . . .93 

XXVI. A Great Truth 95 



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As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. — Prov. xxiii. 7. 



Whatsoever things are true, 

Whatsoever things are honest, 

Whatsoever things are just, 

Whatsoever things are pure, 

Whatsoever things are lovely, 

Whatsoever things are of good report; if there be 
any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on 
these things. — Phil. iv. 8. 

This one thing I do, forgetting those things which 
are behind, and reaching forth unto those things 
which are before, I press toward the mark for the 
prize of the high calling of God in Christ. — Phil. iii. 
13-14. 



i 

Foreword 

IN these days of unprecedented spiritual 
awakening, there are many, very many, 
quickened Souls who are willing and eager 
to realize, in their inner consciousness, the 
transcendental beauties and the wonder-work- 
ing power of the spiritual life; but are without 
teachers who can point out the way to attain, 
as well as to describe, its marvellous manifes- 
tations. 

Method, regularity, and conscientious per- 
sistence are required in the development of 
any faculty, or talent, and its expression. 

This booklet is intended to point out a 
method that, persistently and regularly used, 
may be of assistance to the sincere Soul in 
developing its powers, and aid in the realiza- 
tion of that summum bonum of all spiritual 
truth, — I and the Father are One/ 

The simple exercises herein given consti- 
tute a portion of the ritualistic services in the 
"Holy of Holies" of the writer. They have 
been of such help to him that the thought that 
they might at least suggest a method to some 
other seeker after the truth, 2 has prevailed to 
pull back the curtain long enough to give that 
seeker a glimpse. 

ijohn x. 30. 2 John viii. 32. 



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While there is a positive demand, in human 
experience, for ritualistic and methodical spirit- 
ual exercises, which has given rise to the vari- 
ous religious forms and ceremonies of our 
temples, shrines, and churches, past and pres- 
ent, yet no set or fixed formulae can be of con- 
tinuous service to any large number of grow- 
ing souls. 

However, exercises and formulae are neces- 
sary in the beginning of any spiritual develop- 
ment worth while, just as the multiplication 
table in arithmetic, formulae in chemistry or 
the chromatic scale in music, are to the mas- 
tering of those sciences. In truth, the laws 
underlying spiritual development are as exact, 
and are as well understood by the Illumined 
Ones, as the principles of the most exact sci- 
ences of today. 

It is not presumed that the words, or for 
that matter, the thought, contained in these 
exercises will be of use to many readers, but 
they are sent forth in the hope that the out- 
lines given will be suggestive and stimulating 
to original thinking, — a mustard seed that 
shall take root and spring up in some rich soil. 1 

The time required for the oral blessings and 
affirmations is only about ten minutes, while 
the concentration may occupy whatever time 
you may choose to devote, from thirty min- 
utes to an hour in the morning. Therefore, 

iMark iv. 31-32. 



Foreword 



the element of time, even to the busiest, need 
scarcely be considered. 

If from fifteen to thirty minutes during the 
noon hour can be given to the silence, 1 and a 
half-hour, in directing the subconscious, be- 
fore retiring at night, very great and satisfac- 
tory results will be experienced in a very short 
time. 

IPs. xlvi. 10, 



II 



The Spoken Word 

IN the beginning was the word, and the word 
was with God, and the word was God. All 
things were made by him; and without him 
was not anything made that was made. — 
John i. 1 -3. 

For he spake, and it was done. — Ps. xxxiii. 9. 

Every idle word that men shall speak, they 
shall give an account thereof. — Matt xii. 36. 

My mouth shall speak of wisdom. — Ps. 
xlix. 3. 

One of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 
teach us to pray. And he said . . . When 
ye pray, Say. — Luke xi. 1 -2. 

If any man offend not in word, the same is 
a perfect man. — James iii. 2. 

By thy words thou shalt be justified, and 
by thy words thou shalt be condemned. — 
Matt. xii. 37. 

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life. 
— Prov. xiii. 3. 

To him that ordereth his conversation aright 
will I show the salvation of God. — Ps. L. 23. 

With the limited knowledge we have con- 
cerning the marvels of vibration, we are be- 
ginning to vaguely comprehend that God 
spoke the universe into existence. 

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The Spoken Word 



The spoken word produces vibration. When 
we come to know that all matter is dependent, 
for its shape, colour, consistency, etc., upon its 
rate of vibration; that sound is produced by 
vibrations ranging from sixteen to sixty-seven 
thousand per second; that colours result from 
trillions of vibrations per second, we can 
understand that the phenomena of creation 
are produced by matter vibrating at various 
rates, which determines its nature under vari- 
ous circumstances, in harmony with the pur- 
poses of Infinite Intelligence. 

When we consider that the dropping of a 
pebble in the sea makes a ripple, ever widening 
until the shores are touched; that a stone 
dropped upon its surface causes the earth to 
vibrate, what may not the power of a spoken 
word, intelligently sent forth, with a master- 
ful mind back of it, mean in the vibration of 
the ether about us, and its consequent effect 
upon one's self when the circle is completed, 
and it returns with its accumulated echo and 
influences upon the speaker! 

There is great power in the human voice; 
great value in song, in the privacy of one's 
own room or in the great congregation. Spir- 
itual teachers of all generations have made use 
of music and song. Miriam probably had 
charge of the arrangement of the music used 
by the priests in the Tabernacle days. David's 



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soulful psalms were set to music for the 
Temple services. After the Last Supper, be- 
fore starting for the garden, the Master and 
the disciples sang a psalm. 1 Nothing produces 
mental harmony in a throng quicker than to 
get their voices to harmonizing in singing. 
This fact has been made use of, consciously 
or unconsciously, by every successful evan- 
gelist. Therefore portions of these exercises 
are to be sung and affirmed with the spoken 
word. 

If the senseless clod falling to the earth 
produces a tremor; if the vibration of a me- 
chanical instrument in wireless telegraphy can 
convey intelligence through space, what must 
the meaningful word of Blessing or Affirma- 
tion, spoken by a child of God, in harmony 
with the mind of the Infinite, produce as it 
vibrates in the mental atmosphere of the 
Universe ! 

In pronouncing the Blessings and Affirma- 
tions herein given, you should put your whole 
soul back of each word and the Idea it conveys. 

There are occasions when we are greatly 
helped in the development of self-assurance 
and faith by the sound of our own voice. 
Whistling to keep up courage is not without 
sound philosophy. 

The Master, in giving the disciples their 

^ark xvi. 26; Eph. v. 19; Col. iii. 16. 
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The Spoken Word 



prayer-form, showed His usual wisdom in tell- 
ing them to "say" Our Father, etc. 

While audible prayer is very helpful at 
times, the practice of beseeching some imagi- 
nary Creator, in some far-off place or planet, 
does not promote real spiritual growth. 

It is only when you are enabled to enter the 
Great Within, in the deepest of Silence, that 
you can "talk with God face to face." But if 
you value wisdom, when through talking, 
wait! be still! Give the Father an opportu- 
nity to speak to you 1 — "Wait patiently on the 
Lord, and He shall strengthen thy heart." 2 

When you have entered "The Holy of 
Holies" and closed the door, and utterly ex- 
cluded the outside world, you can then "Be 
still, and know that I am God!" 3 

The best way to assist in answering our 
own prayers is never to give oral expression 
to a single word or thought we do not wish 
materialized. James, the half-brother of the 
Master, wrote — "If any man offend not in 
word, the same is a perfect man." 4 

The Master Himself said, "By thy words 
thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shalt be condemned." 5 Larson puts the same 
truth in these words. "Through the power of 
speech a person can bring upon himself every 

Watt, vi. 7-8. 2 Ps. xxvii. 14. 3 Ps. xlvi. 10. 

4 James iii. 2. 5 Matt. xii. 3 7. 

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wrong in the world; and through the same 
power he can bring upon himself every good 
in the world. Through the right use of words, 
uttered or unexpressed, a person can attain or 
obtain anything. Words are living forces; 
they create according to their nature, and they 
attract their kind." 

We ''offend not in word" and are "perfect" 
when we think and speak scientifically, i. e., 
when we habitually think and speak the truth. 
This does not mean the exact statements of 
facts about incidental occurrences, but the 
"truth that makes us free" is that God is all; 
that God is good; that God is love; that God 
is peace; that God is health; that God is all 
that is lovely, and pure, and true, and holy, 
and — we are created in His exact image and 
likeness! 

When the mirror of the mind is cleansed of 
all false conceptions of so-called evil, and we 
allow it to reflect in our lives and speech the 
real Spirit of God within, we shall be free in- 
deed. Then we shall know that God is all, 
and we shall see only the good in ourselves, 
and others, and never give expression to things 
that are only deflections from the truth. 



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HI 

Concentration 

As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. 

— Prov. xxiii. 7 

TRUTH pregnant with greater transcen- 
dental possibilities to human character, 
than that of this proverb, has never been 
uttered. A more exact scientific statement of 
truth could not be made. 

Every human being is the result, the exact 
product, of thinking — conscious or subcon- 
scious. From the first cell of the body, that 
had the intelligence to choose and assimilate 
food, with which to grow, divide, multiply and 
colonize, to the finished product — the myriad- 
celled body — all is the result of thought ! 

Health — disease; strength — weakness; 
youthful appearance — the marks of old age; 
are only the resultant effects of thought! 

Peacefulness — worry; wisdom — folly; 
wealth — poverty ; love — lust ; vitality — de- 
crepitude, are simply the reflections of mind, 
the results of thinking! 

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he! 
The things we dwell upon in our minds with 
affection, or take to our hearts in fear, are the 
things that are finally built into our charac- 
ters, and constitute the material from which 

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we construct the castles or hovels in which 
we live. * 

The things we think of with love or fear 
determine not only our characters, but our 
circumstances and our environment as well. 

And since our minds are, or may be, en- 
tirely under our own control, we may per- 
mit to enter and remain in them only such 
thoughts as we choose. 1 We have the power 
to drop out of mind all discordant, inharmoni- 
ous or fearful thoughts, just as we have the 
power to drop from our hands a hot iron or 
other substance we do not care to retain. 2 

Our characters as well as our physical bodies 
may be reconstructed along lines that appeal 
to us as being worth while. 

The uncontrolled thought ; the drifting life ; 
the past mistakes, all can be obliterated by 
"Forgetting those things which are behind, 
and reaching forth unto those things which are 
before, and pressing toward the mark for the 
prize of the high calling of God in Christ." 3 

We are hid with Christ in God. 4 We are 
made in His image. 5 Once we come to recog- 
nize the truth that there is involved in each of 
us all the wonderful possibilities of the Infinite, 
just as all the possibilities of the oak and the 

*Read "Right and Wrong Thinking." — Crane. 

2Phil. iii. 13, iv. 8. 3 Phil. iii. 13-14. 

4 Col. iii. 3. 5 Gen. i. 27. 

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forest are involved in the acorn, then we shall 
take pleasure, in fact, make it the business of 
our lives to evolve our characters into the 
likeness of God. This becomes possible only 
through giving earnest thought to the qualities 
and attributes of God, and at the same time 
desiring with all the power of the soul to re- 
flect these qualities and attributes in our lives. 

Paul had the right idea when he wrote, 
"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever 
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things 
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good re- 
port, if there be any virtue, and if there be 
any praise, think on these things." 1 

A few minutes of wisely directed concen- 
tration each day upon any idea, faculty or ac- 
complishment, will very soon make that idea, 
faculty, or accomplishment a reality in your 
life. 

Now that the value of concentration is 
recognized, many are willing to put the law 
into operation, but do not seem to understand 
how to go about it. Hence the idea that some 
Souls might be helped with a skeleton outline, 
indicating the trend of one mind, while "think- 
ing in his heart" upon some of the things that 
seem worth while, namely: peace, power, 
poise, purity, purpose, prosperity, and plenty. 

iPhil. iv. 8. 
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A difficulty is experienced by many in 
going from one idea or subject to another, and 
concentrating with equal interest upon each. 
But in time, with a little practice, it will be 
found very easy to drop out of mind any 
thought, at any time, by substituting and be- 
coming interested in another. 

When once the art of auto-suggestion is 
mastered, you will become conscious of a 
self-supremacy, and a power of which you 
never before dreamed! You will be able to 
give yourself, the great within, which is one 
with the Infinite Spirit of God, any good sug- 
gestion, for any given occasion, and it will 
respond, just as placing a given cylinder in a 
phonograph for a given occasion will produce, 
with accuracy, a given piece of music. You 
will come to realize that your body is simply 
an instrument, through which your mind 
functions, and its organs will respond to any 
worthy desire you may suggest, at any time. 
To illustrate: You are called into a confer- 
ence of business men or educators. You de- 
sire with earnestness that the Holy Spirit 
within will fill you with vibrations of, and 
illumine your mind with, Harmony, Wisdom, 
and Love, while in the conference. You 
enter and "take no thought how or what ye 
shall speak; for it shall be given you in that 
same hour, . . . For it is not ye that speak, 

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Concentration 



but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh 
in you." 1 And true! Without conscious 
thought or effort, you find you have harmon- 
ized with your surroundings and confreres, 
you have said and done the wise thing, and 
maintained an attitude of perfect love for all 
with whom you came into contact. 

If you are a speaker or teacher, and called 
upon to make an address or give a Bible talk, 
for instance, you affirm Wisdom, Illumination, 
and Power. If time affords, you spend twenty 
or thirty minutes in the silence, with the gen- 
eral topic upon which you are to speak, ask- 
ing or affirming that you have the wisdom, at 
the right time, to say the thing most needed 
by your hearers : to be illumined by the Holy 
Spirit, and to be given a beautiful mental 
grasp and conception of the truth; with pure, 
simple language by which to make yourself 
understood; power to hold the undivided at- 
tention of your audience and to speak with 
authority. Just in proportion as you are able 
to obliterate your personality; hold the objec- 
tive in abeyance; give full sway to the sub- 
jective, i. e., make no conscious effort to think 
or speak, will you give forth that which edifies 
your hearers and surprises and helps yourself. 2 
In fact, your greatest illumination will come 

iMatt. x. 19-20. 2 Rom. x. 8. 

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to you when you thus give yourself over to 
the influence of the Spirit. 

This, however, must not be confounded 
with the modern "gift of tongues." This 
phenomenon is frequently observed among 
Spiritualists, and is simply a phase of hypno- 
tism. The higher spiritual development is im- 
possible to any one who domineers another 
mind or becomes an hypnotic subject. 



Note. In concentrating, for reasons unnecessary to men- 
tion here, it is preferable to sit, in an easy position, with the 
face to the East, the hands clasped, the body relaxed but 
erect, with eyes closed and the head inclined slightly up- 
ward. 

The highest development can only come from definite, 
methodical, systematic and persistent concentration; prayer 
without ceasing — remembering always Emerson's definition 
of prayer, "The joyful soliloquy of a beholding soul.*' So 
do not be discouraged if your first attempt or address is not 
all you expect, success will certainly crown perseverance. 



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IV 

Illumination 

AS PREVIOUSLY indicated, the exercises 
here presented are not intended as fixed 
formulae. 

We are what we consciously or unconsci- 
ously think; we may think what we choose, 
and thus we may choose and become what 
we wish to be! 

The ideas conveyed by the words, harmony, 
peace, power, poise, purity, purpose, prosper- 
ity, plenty, love, health, righteousness, abund- 
ance, wisdom, healing power, and achievement 
appeal to me as being worth while in my own 
experience, and hence the effort to so think as 
to bring them into expression out of the great 
within. 

Something entirely different may appeal to 
you. Then, again, you may make use of the 
thoughts presented in these forms as a sort of 
preparatory course, so to speak. 

If you do so, put your whole soul into the 
oral Affirmations and Blessings, as well as in 
the Concentrations. 1 Gradually you will find 
your own mind becoming illumined, and these 
thoughts will prove to be only suggestions — 
simply seed thoughts, from which will grow 
mental forests of richest spiritual foliage, 

M Tim. iv. 15. 
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under whose spreading branches your Soul of 
souls may take sweetest rest and comfort. 
You will soon come to know what it is to 
* 'dwell in the secret place of the Most High," 
and "abide under the shadow of the Al- 
mighty/' 1 

While in the Silence, your mind occupied 
with thoughts of Peace, Power, Poise, etc., 
your very Soul going out in intense longing 
desire for their attainment, you may at inter- 
vals get wonderful glimpses of the Cosmic 
World. 2 At such times you will become en- 
larged in your mental and spiritual vision ; you 
will transcend all consciousness of a physical 
body or environment; you will seem to be 
pure intelligence or spirit, and have a con- 
sciousness of your Oneness with the All. 
While in this state thinking will be very easy 
and pleasant, and you can direct your thoughts 
into any desired channel with the utmost ease 
and delight. The things you pray for or de- 
sire while in this state of spiritual illumina- 
tion will surely come to pass, for it is no 
longer you, but the Spirit that is praying in 
you. 3 

Ask and expect the illumination, and the 
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and you will 
realize something of the meaning of, "Eye 
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 

!Ps. xci. I. 2 Cor. xii. 4. 3 Rom. viii. 26-27; 1 Cor. xiv. 15. 

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entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love Him. 
But God hath revealed them unto us by His 
Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things; yea, 
the deep things of God." 1 

When once you have had a vision of this 
Cosmic World, and realized your Oneness 
with it, and known what it is "to have the 
mind of Christ," 2 you will exclaim with Paul, 
"I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, 
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor 
things present, nor things to come, nor height, 
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able 
to separate us from the love of God, which is 
in Christ." 3 From that moment you will not 
permit anything to interfere with your going 
forward in the evolution of your life and 
character, into all that Infinite Mind in Infinite 
Wisdom and Infinite Love has involved in 
your very being, and expects of you, yea, 
gives you Infinite power to realize and ex- 
press ! 

M Cor. ii. 9-10. 2 1 Cor. iii. 16; Phil. ii. 5-6. 

3 Rom. viii. 38-39. 



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V 



"/ Am" 

THUS shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 
I AM hath sent me unto you. — Ex. iii. 1 4. 
Before Abraham was, I AM. — John viii, 58. 

Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ 
Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it 
not robbery to be equal with God. — Phil. ii. 5-6. 

For it is God that worketh in you both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. — Phil. ii. 1 3. 

Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. — Matt. v. 1 6. 

It is absolutely essential, in spiritual devel- 
opment, that we should not only distinguish 
between the house and the tenant, but that 
we should come to know "what manner of 
men we are," 1 who we are, and what our 
antecedents. 

"In the beginning, God" 2 — God is all and 
in all, 3 and before all things, and by Him all 
things consist. 4 He is all of me! I am an 
individualized, integral part of Him. My real 
self — the "I am" within me, is not only cre- 
ated in the image of God, but is a veritable 
part of God! 5 Therefore "I and the Father 
are one," 6 and before Abraham, or any other 
individualized entity existed, I am! 7 

Watt, viii. 27. 2Gen. i. 1. 3 I Cor. xv. 28. 4 Col. i. 17. 
5 Gen. ii. 7. 6 John x. 30. 7 John viii. 58. 

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"I Am" 

Hence in all our affirmations, we should dis- 
tinguish very carefully between me and mine ; 
between the "I" and "my." To say, "I am 
sick," is to affirm that God is sick. That is 
not true. God is Health! If we are so un- 
wise as to make any affirmation of our ills, 
let us, at least, be truthful, and say that the 
body — the house — is out of repair, but I am 
not. My body may, through my neglect or 
wrong thinking, become diseased. But I am 
not diseased. I cannot be! My body may 
decay and die. But I cannot die ! ! I and my 
Father are One, and I am living in eternity 
now!! I shall always live!!! Not the per- 
sonal I, but "God that worketh in me, both to 
will and to do of His good pleasure." 1 

A realization of the reality of the "I am" 
will cause us to "Let our light so shine before 
men," that they, seeing our good works, will 
not conclude that we have some special talent 
or genius which they have been denied, but 
they will regard us as samples, as demonstra- 
tions, and they will "glorify the Father which is 
in heaven" — heaven within each of us. 2 They 
will be encouraged to cultivate "the mind that 
was in Christ Jesus." 3 They will come to 
understand that "with God all things are pos- 
sible," 4 that God is with them, and "these and 
greater things" will they do! 5 

iPhil. ii. 13. 2Matt. v. 16. 3 Phil. ii. 5. 

4 Mark x. 27. 5 John xiv. 12. 

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So in making the affirmations herein con- 
tained, we are aided in our comprehension 
and realization of our oneness with the Father, 
by remembering at all tiimes that "I am," is 
God within. 

Whenever results are obtained, always give 
the credit and the praise to the Divine Spirit 
within, never to the personal I. 

"The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth 
the works." 1 

ijohn xiv. 1 0. 



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VII 

Invocation 

ET the words of my mouth, and the medita- 
1 tion of my heart, this day, be Thy words and 

Thy meditations, O Lord, my strength, and my 

redeemer. — Ps. xix. 1 4. 



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VIII 

In Touch with the Universe 

God is all and in all. — 1 Cor. xv. 28. 

In Him we live, and move, and have our being — 

Acts xvii. 28. 

The Spirit of God is omnipresent and pervades 
every atom of my being as well as every atom of 
the universe. God is All and in AIL I am there- 
fore at one with the ALL and in touch with all that 
is, and all that is, is working for my good and aids 
me in doing good. 



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IX 

"My Prayer" 

ii w I "O be ever conscious of my unity with God, 
A to listen for His voice, and hear no other call. 

'To separate all error from my thought of man. 
To see him only as my Father's image, to show 
him reverence, and share with him any holiest 
treasures. 

"To keep my mental home a sacred place, golden 
with gratitude, redolent with love, white with purity, 
and cleansed of self-will. 

"To send no thought into the world that will not 
bless, or cheer, of heal. 

"To have no aim but to make earth a fairer, 
holier place, and to rise each day into a higher 
sense of life and love." — C. S. 



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X 

Blessings 

Bless and curse not. — Rom. xii. 1 4. 

GOD blesses all the people in the East 
today, and makes me a blessing unto 
them. (Notes 1, 2 and 3.) 
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God blesses all the people in the South 
today, and makes me a blessing unto them. 

•*• •*• •!• 

God blesses all the people in the North 
today, and makes me a blessing unto them. 

God blesses all the people in the West 
today, and makes me a blessing unto them. 

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God blesses every living creature on this 
earth today, with Harmony, Peace, Prosper- 
ity, and Plenty. 

God blesses every discarnate spirit in the 
underworld today, with a desire for Progress, 
Wisdom, and Love. 1 

•*• •*• •*• 

God blesses all the higher, sublimated Intel- 
ligences, this day, 2 with Progress, Wisdom, and 

iPeter iv. 6. 2 Heb. i. 14; Ps. xci. II. 

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Love, and keeps me in sympathetic union 
with them. 

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God blesses my wife and children, our 
home, and every one who shall come within 
our gates, this day, with Harmony, Happi- 
ness, Health, Love, Prosperity, Plenty, and 
Peace, 

•*• •*• •*• 

God blesses my Mother, Father, Brother, 
and Sisters, and their loved ones, this day, 
with Harmony, Happiness, Health, Love, 
Prosperity, Plenty, and Peace. (Note 4.) 

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God blesses The for Girls, its 

Board of Managers, its Superintendents, its 
teachers, helpers, and every girl there, this day, 
with Harmony, Happiness, Health, Love, 
Prosperity, Plenty, and Peace. 1 (Note 5.) 

God blesses all my relatives, friends, and 
acquaintances for whom I have been in the 
habit of praying, this day, with Harmony, 
Happiness, Health, Love, Prosperity, Plenty, 
and Peace. 2 

God blesses Mr. , Dr. , and 

all the men and women on earth, who are out 

Watt, x. 12-13; Luke x. 5. 2j b xlii. 10. 
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Blessings 



of harmony with me this day. God makes 
me worthy of their love and friendship and 
blesses them with Harmony, Happiness, 
Health, Love, Prosperity, Plenty, and Peace. 1 
(Note 6.) 

•*• •*• •*• 

God blesses me this day with Peace; with 
Power; with Poise; with Purity; with Pur- 
pose; with Prosperity, and with Plenty. 

iRom. xii. 14; Matt. v. 44-48. Peace, Phil. iv. 7 
Isa. xxvi. 3. Power, Ps. xviii. 32; Phil. iv. 13; Matt 
xxviii. 18; Isa. xl. 29. Poise, Ps. lxii. 6-7, xlvi. 1-3 
Heb. xiii. 6; Acts xx. 24. Purity, Ps. xxiv. 3-4; Matt. v. 8 
Titus, i. 15. Purpose, Eph. i. 9-10; iii. II. Prosperity 
Ps. i. 1-3; xxiii. all; xc. 16-17. Plenty, Ps. xxxvi. 8 
lxviii. 1 9 ; John xvi. 15; 1 Cor. iii. 2 1 . 

NOTES 

1. Stand facing the East (North, South, or West). As 
the words are being uttered, make appropriate gestures 
with the hands, and allow the mind's eye to scan all the 
countries of the globe at your east. 

2. We are a blessing to all the world, yea, to the Uni- 
verse, when we generate and send out, into the mental 
atmosphere surrounding us, only thoughts of Harmony, 
Health, Peace, Purity, Love, etc. 

3. The desire to be a blessing to the world will enlarge 
our concept of our lives and influence, and the spirit within 
will give us increased capacity and ability to be of help. 

4. Always face the direction of the people or institution 
you are blessing. Form in your mind's eye as perfect a 
mental vision of them as possible. With appropriate ges- 
tures of the hands, send forth, with all the deepest feeling 
of your soul, the spoken word, and mentally conceive of 
their experiencing your blessings as pronounced. 

5. Great blessing and profit comes to the sincere seeker 
in pronouncing blessings upon workers and believers in 

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various churches, sects, movements and institutions. Every 
human being is entitled to your love and goodwill, espe- 
cially so if he is engaged in some work for humanity, 
whether the work or creed is according to your comprehen- 
sion of truth or not. The very fact that he is impelled 
to work or teach is scientific evidence that there is a field 
for his labour and some minds evolved to just the plane 
where his truth is of assistance. "Love believeth all 
things.*' 1 Because you can read philosophy without having 
to spell it out, makes the alphabet no less a truth or less 
essential to the beginner. 

6. There is no greater love-developing exercise than 
sending positive thoughts of love and blessings daily to 
those who misuse or persecute us. We should never try 
to control their actions, not even in prayer. But by making 
ourselves worthy of their love and friendship; keeping our- 
selves in perfect harmony, by never entertaining, for a 
moment, a discordant thought; and always maintaining the 
attitude of the Master on the cross. — "Father, forgive 
them, they know not what they do;" we prevent absolutely 
our enemies from harming us. In time they will cease 
from all their bitterness toward us, if indeed they do not 
become our friends. WE HAVE NO ENEMIES, ONLY 
TEACHERS! 

H Cor, xiii. 7. 



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XI 

Affirmation 



33 



I AND the Father are one. — John x. 30. 

I can do all things through Christ which strength- 
ened me. — Phil. iv. 13. 

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. — 
Ps. xxiii. 1. 



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Affirmations 



I am Love; I am Health; I am Righteousness; 
I am Abundance, through Jesus the Christ my 
Saviour. 1 ( Note. ) 

I am Wisdom; I am Healing Power; I am 
Achievement, because I am one with God. 2 

Note. Aside from the theological teachings about Jesus 
of Nazareth; the doctrine of the Atonement, etc., if He 
has brought to me the truth that sets me free, and enables 
me to recognize the Divinity of man, and my oneness with 
the Father, HE IS MY SAVIOUR. 

Watt, vi. 33; 1 John iv. 13 and 16; John x. 30; Isa. 
lviii. 8; Mai. iv. 2. 2 2 Cor. vi. 16; Acts xvii. 28. Love, 
1 John iv. 12 and 16. Health, Prov. xii. 18; Ps. xlii. It; 
Jer. xxx. 17, xxxiii. 6. Righteousness, Prov. xi. 5, viii. 18; 
Ps. cxii. 3, iv. 1 ; Ps. xv. 2; Job xxvii. 6, xxix. 14; 1 Cor. i. 
30. Abundance, Phil. iv. 18-19; Ps. xxxvii. 29. Wisdom, 
Ps. xlix. 3; Prov. ii. 6; Col. ii. 3; James iii. 17, i. 5. Heal- 
ing Power, Mark xvi. 18; Luke x. 9. Achievement, Phil, 
iv. 13; Ps. xviii. 32. 



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XII 



A Prayer 

OMY Father, give me a deeper consciousness 
of my oneness with Thee to-day than I have 
ever had before. 

Take me upon the heights with Thee this day, 
and put ITiy smile upon my face, and Thy song 
within my heart and upon my lips. Give me a 
smile for every living creature I shall meet this day. 

Thou wilt think Thy thought of grandeur and 
greatness; of abundance and achievement; of wis- 
dom and love through my brain this day, Thy con- 
etructive thought that always sympathizes with the 
superior side of people and Things. 

Thou wilt whisper words of truth into my ears 
today and look out through my eyes and show me 
Thyself in everybody and in everything. Thou wilt 
inbreathe through my nostrils this day the veritable 
breath of life and speak through my mouth the 
words of eternal life. 

The words that goeth forth out of my mouth 
this day shall be Thy words; words that goeth 
forth out of unfeigned lips that do not return unto 
Thee void, but accomplish that whereunto Thou 
dost send them; words that become flesh. 

These hands are Thy hands; they are beautiful 
hands; useful, dexterous hands filled with healing 
and helpfulness all this day. 

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A Prayer 

These feet are Thy feet; they are beautiful feet, 
shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, 
and Thou dost carry me about on them this day on 
errands of usefulness and mercy. 

This body is the Temple of Thy Holy Spirit and 
Thou wilt express Thyself fully through it this day. 
Every bone, tendon, muscle, fibre, tissue, nerve and 
cell shall respond to Thee. 

Every impulse of my nature; every aspiration of 
my soul; every ambition of my life shall be Thine 
this day. 



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XIV 



Harmony 



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In tune with the Infinite 



40 



I 



Harmony 

"The Kingdom of Heaven is Within." 

AM harmony because I am in tune with the 
Infinite. 

I am contented and in harmony with my 
present surroundings and circumstances. 1 
They are a true reflection of what I am today ; 
they will improve as I grow. 

I am in harmony with the furnishings of 
this room, with the architecture of this build- 
ing; with the city, country, and the world in 
which I am now living. 

I am in harmony with the weather. The 
sun shines, though it may be temporarily hid 
by passing clouds. 

I am in harmony with every living creature, 2 
and shall be able to harmonize with all of 
God's creatures this day. 

The Kingdom of Heaven is harmony. 3 The 
Kingdom of Heaven is within me, I am there- 
fore harmony, and there is harmony within 
and without. 

I am in harmony with all my environment. 
My environment is God. 4 God is good. God 
is love. 5 God is all and in all. 6 In God I live 

iPhil. iv. 11. 2Gen. ii. 19; John xvii. 21. 3 Ps. xvi. 11. 
4 Acts xvii. 28. 5 1 John iv. 16. 6 1 Cor. xv. 28. 

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and move and have my being. 1 So I am com- 
pletely surrounded and environed and per- 
vaded by the Infinite, and as I and the Father 
are One, 2 I am in harmony with God; with 
my higher self, and with all the higher Intelli- 
gences in the universe. 

I am in harmony with all God's laws. It is 
through observing God's laws in my life that 
my character is being perfected, 3 that I am 
coming to more fully realize my oneness with 
the Father. Therefore, I love God's laws and 
am in entire harmony with them. I love God, 
whose son I am, and I desire above all else to 
realize in my very soul the great fact of my 
own Divinity. 

Therefore, this day, I love God with all my 
heart, with all my understanding, with all my 
soul, and with all my strength, and my neigh- 
bour as myself. 4 

This day all the powers of my being shall 
be used in such perfect harmony, in doing the 
work God gives me to do, that I shall know I 
have infinite love for every living creature, 
and in very truth love my neighbours as my- 
self — wishing him to recognize and realize his 
oneness with God. 

iActs xvii. 28. 2 John x. 30. 

sGen. xvii. 1; Matt. v. 48; Phil. iii. 12; 2 Tim. iii. 17. 

4 Mark xii. 33. 



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XV 



Peace 



43 



'HOU wilt keep him in perfect pesce, whose 
mind is stayed on Thee. 

Isaiah xxvi. 3. 



44 



Peace 

i i/^* RE AT peace have they which love thy 
Vj law: and nothing shall offend them." 1 
Father, I thank Thee for peace. I love Thy 
law, it is the observing of Thy law that is 
perfecting my character; that is making me 
more and more conscious of my oneness with 
Thee, and nothing this day can offend me. 

All things are working for my good. 2 Only 
those things come to me that are required for 
my assistance and the purification of my char- 
acter; therefore, nothing attempts to offend 
me this day. Only my own can come to me, 
and my own can not offend me. I am on the 
heights with Thee, 3 infinitely above offence or 
slight of any kind, and have in very truth great 
peace. 

I seek peace and pursue it. 4 I am peace, 
because I am one with Thee. 

"God is peace, that peace surrounds me, 

In that peace I safely dwell, 
'Tis above, beneath, within me, 

Peace is mine and all is well. 
God is peace, pure peace, 

God is peace, sweet peace, 
That peace is mine — mine, and all is well." 

^s. cxix. 165. 2R om . viii. 28. 3 Ps. xxiv. 3. 4 1 Peter nL \U 

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4 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on Thee." 1 O Lord, 
today I am in perfect peace and thank Thee 
for it. I am and have the peace of God that 
passeth understanding, 2 because my mind is 
stayed on Thee ; because I am One with Thee. 
Thy mind is my mind, Thy will my will. I 
will to do Thy will this day and my peace is 
perfect. 

The entire influence of my life and thought 
this day shall be for peace. Every thought 
that I permit to remain in my conscious mind 
shall add to, rather than disturb, the peace and 
harmony of the world, or of any individual 
creature in the world. 

I will follow after the things that make for 
peace and the things that edify. 3 Every 
thought to which I give expression, this day, 
by spoken or written word; by intonation of 
voice; by expression of the face; by move- 
ment or gesture of the hands or body, shall be 
for peace and harmony. 4 My feet shall be 
shod with the preparation of the gospel of 
peace. 5 

This day I will live the righteous life. I will 
be true to the highest within me. I know that 
the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of 
them that make peace. My ways shall please 

Usa. xxvi. 3. 2phil. iv. 7. 3 Rom. xiv. 19. 

4 Rom. x. 15. 5£ p h. vi. 15. 

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Peace 

God, and therefore I claim the results of the 
law: "When a man's ways please the Lord, 
he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with 
him." : So today I not only have peace, but 
am in peace with all who shall in any manner 
think of me. Whenever my name or thought 
of me shall come above the mental horizon 
of another soul, this day, thoughts of peace 
shall result. I have no enemies, all men and 
all circumstances are simply my teachers. 

I follow peace with all men. 3 I am peace, 
perfect peace, and by the harmony of my own 
life I vibrate peace wherever I may go or send 
my thought. I am a peacemaker. The Mas- 
ter has said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for 
they shall be called the children of God." 4 I 
contribute to the peace of the world today by 
putting into vibration positive thoughts of 
peace and harmony. 

I will not permit a single inharmonious or 
disquieting thought to enter my Smind this 
day. My mind is my kingdom. I am its 
absolute Ruler. I am supreme in my mental 
world today, and I think thoughts of peace be- 
cause I am peace. I am one with God, the 
author of peace, hence all is peaceful, and 
calm, and serene in my life and in my world 
today. 

1 James iii. 18. 2p rov . xvi. 7. 3 Heb. xii. 14. 

4 Matt. v. 9. 

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"Far away in the depths of my spirit today, 

Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm, 
In celestial-like strains, it unceasingly falls 

O'er my soul like an infinite calm. 
Peace, Peace. Wonderful peace, 

Coming down from the Father above, 
Sweep over my spirit, for ever I pray, 

In fathomless billows of love.*' 

O my Father! my heart swells with grati- 
tude to Thee, for this peace that passeth 
understanding; that keeps my heart and mind 
through Christ. 1 I thank Thee for the Christ- 
life lived by the Master, that has revealed to 
me my relation to Thee, my oneness with 
Thee, my inherent divinity as Thy son, and 
made possible the wonderful peace that is now 
flooding my soul! 

O my Father! give me a deeper conscious- 
ness of Thy presence with me this day than I 
have ever had before! 

iPhil. iv. 7. 



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XVI 



Power 



49 



A 



LL power is given me in heaven and in earth. 
-Matt, xxviii. 1 8. 



God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of 
power, and of love, and of a sound mind. — 2 Tim. 
i. 7. 



50 



Power 

I THANK Thee, O God, for power! I am 
* power, because I am one with Thee! 1 Thou 
art Almighty! Thou art Omnipotent! Thou 
art All-Powerful, and I am in Thee. In Thee 
I live, and move, and have my being! 2 I am 
a part of Thee. Thou art all of me! 3 Being 
in Thee, I partake of Thy power. Thou hast 
crowned me with glory and honour. Thou 
hast made me to have dominion over the 
works of Thy hands ; Thou hast put all things 
under my feet! 4 

All power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth, 5 for the purpose of doing the work 
Thou hast for me to perform this day. I am a 
labourer together with God, 6 a co-worker with 
Omnipotence! Therefore, I have all power 
with which to accomplish the purposes of my 
being this day. 

I can do all things through Christ which 
strengtheneth me. 7 All power in heaven and 
in earth is given me for the perfection of my 
life and character. 8 With God all things are 
possible, 9 and God girdeth me with strength, 
and maketh my way perfect. 10 

Mohn x. 30. 2Acts xvii. 28. 3 1 Cor. xv. 28. 4 Ps. viii. 5-6. 

B Matt. xxviii. 18. 6 1 Cor. iii. 9. 'Phil, iv. 1 3 ; John xiv. 12. 

8 Matt. xxviii. 18. 9 Mark x. 27. 10 Ps. xviii. 32. 

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God has involved in me His image and 
mind, and all the characteristics of a God-man, 
hence I have all the power necessary to evolve 
from my inherent being all the qualities, attri- 
butes and faculties with which I have been en- 
dowed from all eternity. 

I have the power to do God's will this day ; 
to be fruitful in every good work; to increase 
in knowledge of God ; to be strengthened with 
might, according to His glorious power; to 
have all patience and longsuffering with joy- 
fulness. 1 

I am supreme in my sphere. I have the 
power to think the thoughts of God after Him 
this day. God hath not given me a spirit of 
fear, but of power, and of love, and of a 
sound mind. 2 I have, and exercise, the power 
to keep my mind free from all weak or dis- 
cordant thoughts or emotions. 

I have the power to send forth thoughts of 
health and healing of wonderful potency this 
day. "They that wait upon the Lord shall 
renew their strength ; they shall mount up with 
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be 
weary; they shall walk, and not faint." 3 The 
tongue of the wise is health, 4 and I will speak 
the word of health this day. 

I have the power to use such language to- 
day as to make myself understood, to offend 

iCol. i. 10-11. 22 Tim. i. 7. Msa. x i. 3i. 4 Prov . xii . is. 

52 



Power 

not in word. "If any man offend not in word, 
the same is a perfect man, and able also to 
bridle the whole body/' 1 

I am one with the Father, and the Father is 
all-powerful. I am strong in the Lord and the 
power of His might. 2 I am all-powerful in my 
sphere today, for the Lord Jehovah is my 
strength!" 3 " 

I have the power to be in harmony with all 
the people with whom I shall come into con- 
tact this day; to be in harmony with my cir- 
cumstances and surroundings, the power to 
be in full accord and harmony with my en- 
vironment. My environment is God. God 
is all. He is before all things, and by Him all 
things consist. 4 In Him I live, and move, and 
have my being 5 I have the power to produce 
harmony in my world, and the power that 
comes from a harmonious life is mine today. 

I have the power to live in peace with my- 
self, with the world, with all God's creatures. 
I am peace, and have the power to make peace 
wherever I may be or in whatever circum- 
stances I may be placed this day. I am a peace- 
maker. "Blessed are the peacemakers: for 
they shall be called the children of God 
The power that naturally comes from a peace 
ful life is mine today. 

1 James iii. 2. 2£ph. vi. 10. 3 Isa. xii. 2. *Col. i. 17. 
5 Acts xvii. 28. 6 Matt. v. 9. 

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I have the power of poise this day. I have 
the power to be calm, and serene, and undis- 
turbed in and under all circumstances, the 
power to rule my own spirit, 1 and thus produce 
a feeling of poise in those with whom I asso- 
ciate this day. I have the power to inspire 
others with a sense of calmness, serenity, and 
assurance. I have the power, this day, that 
naturally comes from a calm and serene life. 

I have the power of purity today, the power 
to think the pure thought about myself and 
others. The power to live the white life is 
mine today. "Blessed are the pure in heart: 
for they shall see God." : I shall see God in 
every human face and in every circumstance 
of my life this day. God is love. 3 I see only 
love in all that comes into my life this day. I 
have the power to be so pure in my mind that 
I shall exert a purifying influence upon all with 
whom I may come into contact. To me this 
day all things shall be pure, 4 and the power is 
mine that naturally comes to a pure man, and 
flows from a pure life. 

I have the power of purpose today, the 
power to live in accord with the eternal pur- 
poses of God, regarding myself. And the 
power that comes from a purposeful life is 
mine. 

iProv. xvi. 32. 2 Matt. v. 8. 3 l John iv. 16. 4 Titus i. 15. 

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Power 

I have the power to prosper today ; * to think 
the thought of prosperity, and the power to 
help others prosper. I have the power that 
naturally belongs to a prosperous man, and I 
shall use my prosperity in the upbuilding of 
God's kindom on earth, 

I have the power of plenty this day. All 
things that the Father hath are mine. 2 I have 
the power to demonstrate abundance for my- 
self and those about me. The power of "the 
life more abundant" 3 is mine. "He that over- 
eometh shall inherit all things." 4 

I have the power that wisdom confers this 
day. I am one with God, and in God is all the 
wisdom of all universes, and of all eternities. 
God's infinite Spirit of wisdom permeates 
every atom of my being. "If any lack [need] 
wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all 
men liberally and upbraideth not."' God's 
wisdom pervades and fills me now, and I shall 
speak the right word, and do the right thing, 
in the right place and at the right time during 
this entire day. The power that comes from 
a wise use of all my faculties and gifts this 
day is mine. 

I have the power to love this day. I have 
the power to maintain an unselfish and dis- 
interested love for all my fellow-beings. I am 

iPsalm i. 3. 2john xvi. 15. 3 John x. 10. 

4 Rev. xxi. 7. 5 James i. 5. 

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love! I am one with God, and God is love. 
He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and 
God in him. 1 

I have the power to love every living crea- 
ture, this day, with infinite love. I love all my 
environment, and all my environment loves 
me, because my environment is God! 2 God is 
all and in all, and God is love. I have the 
power that naturally belongs to a loving Soul. 

Today I shall be about my Father's busi- 
ness. 3 I am a co-worker with God! 4 Nothing 
is impossible to me. 5 God has endowed me 
with the power to accomplish everything I 
shall attempt. 6 All power in earth and in 
heaven is mine. 7 I am power! 

O my Father, I thank Thee for this great 
gift, this wonder-working power. Wilt Thou 
lead me into paths of righteousness, for Thy 
name's sake, 8 and teach me to use this, Thy 
infinite power, in wisdom and in love? Help 
me to overcome, and give me to eat of the 
Hidden Manna! 9 

il John iv. 16. 2 Acts xvii. 28. 3 Luke ii. 49. 4 1 Cor. iii. 9. 

5 Phil. iv. 13. 6 Mark x. 27. 'Matt, xxviii. 18. 

8 Ps. xxiii. 3. 9 Rev. ii. 17. 



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XVII 

Poise 



57 



H 



E that ruleth his spirit is better than he that 
taketh a city. — Pro v. xvi. 32. 



But none of these things move me, 

Acts xx. 24. 



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Poise 

I AM poise. I am perfectly calm and serene. 
I am poise of spirit ; poise of mind, and poise 
of body. I have Physical, Mental, and Spirit- 
ual poise. 

I have spiritual poise because I dwell in an 
infinite sea of spirit that is eternally calm and 
serene, like the bottom of the great deep. 
This eternal calmness and serenity pervades 
every atom of my being, as the water of the 
ocean permeates the sponge at its bottom, and 
this day keeps me in perfect spiritual poise. 

My life is hid with Christ in God. 1 I dwell 
in the secret place of the Most High. I abide 
under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 The Lord 
of Hosts is with me! 3 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; 
whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength 
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 4 He 
is my rock and my salvation. He is my de- 
fence; I shall not be moved. 5 God is our 
refuge and strength, a very present help in 
trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though 
the earth be removed, and though the moun- 
tains be carried into the midst of the sea; 
though the waters thereof roar and be 

iCol. iii. 3. sp s . xcL i. 3p s . x i v i. 7. 

4 Ps. xxvii. 1. 5 Ps. lxii. 6. 

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troubled, though the mountains shake with 
the swelling thereof. 1 

God is my rock and my fortress. 2 In Him 
I live, and move, and have my being. 3 Noth- 
ing but good can come to me this day, for all 
things work together for good to those that 
love God. 4 God is all, and God is good. God 
is love, and all that comes to me this day 
comes filtered through the love of God. 

He hides me in His pavilion; in the secret 
of His tabernacle; He sets me upon a rock.° 
If God is for me, who can be against me? 6 
Therefore I am perfectly calm and serene in 
my mind. I fear not what man can do unto 
me; 7 I am undisturbed, none of these things 
move me. 8 I have mental poise. 

The peace of God floods my soul, and the 
power of God is within me, therefore my poise 
of mind is perfect. 

I have poise of body, this day, because my 
body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 9 The 
spirit of God dwelleth in me, 10 permeating and 
pervading every fibre of my being, and giving 
me perfect physical poise. 

The Spirit constructs from the food I eat and 
the air I breathe today, tissues of health and 
strength, tissues of youth and vitality. The 

!Ps. xlvi. 1-3. 2 Ps. xxxi. 3, Ixxi. 3. 3 Acts xvii. 28. 

4 Rom. viii. 28. 5 Ps. xxvii. 5. 6 Rom. viii. 31. 7 Heb. xiii. 6. 

8 Acts xx. 24. 9 I Cor. vi. 19. 10 1 Cor. iii. 16. 

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Poise 

Spirit refines every cell in my body, and gives 
me a pleasing personality maintained in per- 
fect poise. 

This day no evil shall befall me, neither any 
plague come nigh my dwelling. He gives 
His angels charge over me, to keep me in all 
my ways. They bear me up in their hands, 
lest I dash my foot against a stone. 1 He pre- 
serves me from all trouble. 2 The angel of the 
Lord encampeth round about me and deliv- 
ereth me. 3 He keepeth all my bones, not one 
of them is broken. 4 Yea! I have perfect 
physical poise. Sitting or standing; walking 
or riding; awake or asleep, no accident or 
harm can come to my body — the temple of 
God, whose temple I am. 5 

If I pass through the waters, they shall not 
overflow me. If I walk through the fire, I 
shall not be burned, neither shall the flame 
kindle upon me. 6 

God dwells in me and walks in me. His 
Holy Spirit has full control of all my mem- 
bers. 7 My brain is employed today in think- 
ing the thoughts of God after Him. The Holy 
Spirit within shall give expression through my 
mouth to thoughts of wisdom and love. My 
mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the medi- 
cs, xci. 10-12. 2 Ps. xxxii. 7. 3 Ps. xxxiv. 7. 
4 Ps. xxxiv. 20. 5 1 Cor. iii. 16. 6 Isa. xliii. 2. 7 2 Cor. vi. 16. 

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tation of my heart shall be of understanding. 1 
My language this day shall be pure, calm, 
serene, truthful, and temperate. I will use no 
idle words. 2 My speech shall be with grace, 
seasoned with salt, that I may know how to 
answer every man. 3 

The Holy Spirit keeps me this day in per- 
fect poise on the Heights with God, 4 and puts 
the smile of God upon my face. 5 I am calm 
and serene, and have a smile for every living 
creature that I shall meet today. I am a child 
of the King, and shall carry myself in perfect 
poise, in the full assurance that in God I live, 
and move, and have my being, 6 and that all 
that comes to me this day is of and from God, 
and therefore good. 

Hence, I am in perfect Spiritual, Mental and 
Physical poise. 

O my Father, wilt Thou give me such a 
realization of these truths, such a conscious- 
ness of my oneness with Thee, this day, in my 
inner soul, that nothing from without can dis- 
turb me, that "none of these things move 
me.*' 7 that because I am in Thee and Thou art 
in me, 8 I shall have absolute peace, and calm- 
ness, and serenity — perfect poise! 

iPs. xlix. 3, xxxvii. 30; Prov. x. 13. stylatt. xii. 36. 

3Col. iv. 6. 4 Ps. xxiv. 3-4. 5 Ps. xxxi. 16, xlii. II. 

6 Acts xvii. 28. 7 Acts xx. 24. 8 2 Cor. vi. 16. 



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Purity 



63 



BLESSED are the pure in heart for they shall 
see God. — Matt. v. 8. 

To the pure all things are pure. 

Titus i. 15. 



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Purity 

I AM purity. I and the Father are One. 1 
In God I live, and move, and have my be- 
ing. 2 I am a part of God, and God is All, 3 all 
of me, me, and God is purity. 

I am with God on the heights today. I 
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord and stand 
in His holy place, 4 because He has created 
within me a pure heart, 5 and cleansed my 
hands. 

To me, this day, all things are pure, 6 because 
God is pure, and God is All. All things are 
delivered unto me of my Father, 7 and all 
things are pure. 

Today all my thoughts are pure, and my 
words shall be pleasant words. 8 He has turned 
unto me a pure language. 9 My language shall 
be pure and chaste, filled with wisdom and 
love. 

Every aspiration, every ambition, every 
emotion, every sentiment, every purpose, 
every desire, and every thought of my being 
is pure. 

I love my neighbour as myself, 10 and seek 
only to bless, and cheer, and help him. I de- 

3 John x. 30. 2 Acts xvii. 28. «1 Cor. xv. 28. 4 Ps. xxiv. 3-4. 

5 Ps. li. 10. 6 Titus i. 15. ?Matt. xi - 27 - 8Prov - xv - 26 ' 

9 Zeph. iii. 9. 10 Luke x. 27. 

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sire only his good, and seek not the advantage 
of any man. 

My aspiration is to become perfect, as the 
Father in heaven is perfect. 1 My greatest am- 
bition is to develop all the powers and talents 
with which God has endowed me, and use 
them to the greatest possible extent in blessing 
the world in which I am now living, and in 
helping to make of it a Paradise. 

Today no thought shall find lodgment with- 
in my mind, or form in the words of my 
mouth, but such as shall add to the purity, and 
chastity, and healthfulness of the mental at- 
mosphere of the earth. 

All my business transactions and social 
intercourse with the world, today, shall be 
characterized by purity, and unselfishness, and 
love. 

I make no provision for the flesh, this day 
to fulfill the lust thereof. 2 I extend to every- 
one my help and my protection, with no ulter- 
ior motive aside from pure and unselfish love. 

This day my life shall be absolutely white — 
one of spotless virtue. 

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they 
shall see God/' 3 O my Father, I thank Thee 
for purity, and for the great satisfaction of 
seeing Thee, of perceiving Thee in every 
phase of my life and experience this day. I 

!Matt. v. 48. 2 Rom. xiii. 14. 3 Matt. v. 8. 
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see Thee in every circumstance of my life, and 
fully realize that Thou art All; that there are 
no accidents, 1 that there is no such thing as 
chance, but that everything that comes into 
my life today comes from Thee, in exact obedi- 
ence to the laws governing my existence. 

I see Thee in every man, woman, and child 
I meet this day, siince they, as myself, are all 
created in Thy image. 2 

I see Thee everywhere, and in every thing, 
and Thou art love. 3 All that comes into my 
life this day comes through love. I am com- 
pletely sheltered, surrounded, and pervaded 
by Thee — in Thee I live, and move, and have 
my being; 4 Thou art all and in all, and I see 
Thee in all things because my eye is single. 5 

I am looking only for the good, and refuse 
to see anything but the good in everything and 
everybody. 'To the pure all things are pure." 6 

I am pure in my love ; pure in my motives ; 
pure in my purposes; pure in my ambition to 
bless; pure in all my thoughts, and I continu- 
ously desire the mind that was in Christ 
Jesus! 7 

O my Father, enlarge my comprehension, 
that I may realize more and more of Thy 
purity from day to day. I know, in truth, 

iCol. i. 17. 2Gen. i. 27. 3 I John iv. 12 and 16. 

4 Acts xvii. 28. 5 Hab. i. 13; Matt. v. 29, vi. 22. 

6 Titus i. 15. 7 Phil. ii. 5. 

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that I am pure as Thou art pure, for I am one 
with Thee, created in Thy image and like- 
ness; but I pray that I may become more 
conscious of this perfect purity, this subli- 
mated purity, and fully and continuously rea- 
lize it in every moment's experience! 

O my Father, give me such an exalted, sub- 
limated character as that I may have a perfect 
realization of spotless purity in my life this 
day! 



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XIX 

Purpose 



69 



ACCORDING to the eternal purpose which he 
purposed in Christ. — Eph. iii. 1 1 . 



70 



Purpose 

OMY Father, I thank Thee for a purpose 
in life. I thank Thee that I am created 
in Thy image and likeness, and that Thou 
hadst a purpose in my creation. 1 

I thank Thee for all the experiences and 
lessons of my life thus far, 2 since through 
them I am gradually perceiving Thy purposes, 
and am thus being fitted for the larger, 
grander, nobler, and more useful life in ac- 
cord with Thy purposes. 3 

Therefore, today it is my purpose to do Thy 
will; to be supreme in my own mind and 
life; to live in the upper story of my being, 
and to live on the heights with Thee, 4 where 
I may have the broad outlook and compre- 
hensive view of the field of labour. 

I realize that I always have been and al- 
ways shall be; that to fulfill the purposes of 
my being, youth and health; strength and 
vitality are required. Therefore, it is my pur- 
pose to eat such food, 5 to take such physical 
exercise and to take such care of my body 
as to fully satisfy my spiritual, mental, and 
physical consciousness. 

1 Eph. iii. I I ; Rom. ix. I 7. 2 Rom. viii. 28. 

3 Eph. i. 9; 2 Tim. i. 9. 4 Ps. cxlviii. I; Isa. xxxiii. 16. 

5 Ps. ciii. 5; Dan. i. 8; Gen. i. 29. 

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I recognize my body as a reflection of my 
mind — my real self created in Thy image, and 
therefore the Temple of the Holy Spirit. 1 
Being such, it is divine in all its members, in- 
stincts, and desires, which were created by 
Thee for wise and necessary purposes. In 
harmony with this truth, it is my purpose this 
day to so train my appetites and desires as 
they shall contribute to my physical, mental, 
and spiritual well-being. 

It is my purpose to maintain myself while 
doing my work in this present life, in per- 
petual and eternal youth; 2 to remain in the 
body until my work is completed, and to main- 
tain perfect health, strength, and vitality of 
body, mind, and spirit until the end. 3 

It is my purpose never to permit a single 
inharmonious thought to remain in my mind 
for a moment. 4 

It is my purpose to think happy, uplifting, 
harmonious, and constructive thoughts, and to 
give expression to such thoughts in my words 
and actions this day. 5 

It is my purpose to develop and use every 
faculty of my intellect to its full capacity, to 
make use of all the functions of my mind and 
body for the purpose for which they were 
created, and to reflect in my spirit, mind, and 

M Cor. vi. 19, xv. 38. 2p s . ciii. 5; 1 Tim. iv. 12. 
3Isa. lxv. 20-25. 4 2 Tim. i. 7. 5 Ps. xvii. 3. 

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Purpose 

body the image of God, in whose likeness I 
am. 1 

It is my purpose to cultivate assiduously 
the broadest love and deepest compassion for 
every living creature, especially my fellow- 
men, and to so develop my talents and facul- 
ties, and to so plan my work, that I may be 
of the greatest possible help to humanity, and 
aid materially in making of this earth a para- 
dise for its creatures. 2 

Knowing I have all the power in earth and 
in heaven back of me in fulfilling God's pur- 
poses in my life, that with God nothing is im- 
possible, 3 it is my purpose to live a life of 
faith. 

It is my purpose to exercise faith in every 
circumstance and opportunity, since nothing 
can come into my life that is useless ; 4 to exer- 
cise faith in my environment, which is only a 
reflection of my present state of conscious- 
ness ; 5 to exercise faith in every living creature 
and in every human being with whom I come 
into contact, since the Spirit of the living God 
pervades them as well as myself; to exercise 
faith in myself, since I can do all things 
through Christ which strengtheneth me, 6 and 

iGen. i. 27. 2Matt. v. 44-48; Isa. lxv. 17-25. 

3 Matt. xxviii. 18; Mark x. 27. 4 Rom. viii. 28. 

sProv. xxiii. 7. 6 Phil. iv. 13. 

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to exercise faith in God, who is all and in all, 
my Father, my Creator, my Co-worker! 1 

O my Father, reveal to me, from day to 
day, Thy infinite purposes concerning myself 
and the work Thou wouldst have me do. 
Strengthen me this day in my purpose to be- 
come a perfect man in Christ. 2 

iCor. iii. 9. 2 Eph. iv. 13. 



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Prosperity 



75 



BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scorn- 
ful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and 
in his law doth he meditate day and night. And 
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of 
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; 
his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he 
doeth shall prosper. 

Ps. i. 1-3. 



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Prosperity 

MY FATHER, I thank Thee for prosper- 
ity, I am prosperity, because I am one 
with Thee. 1 I am in harmony with Thee and all 
Thy laws, as Thou dost give me to under- 
stand them. All the affairs of my life this 
day shall move forward prosperously, smooth- 
ly, and rhythmically. All my ways are known 
to Thee, Thou dost lead me in the paths of 
righteousness for Thy name's sake. 2 

There is no chance or accident in my life 
this day, because Thou dost direct my paths. 3 
As the planets and constellations of the heav- 
ens, in obedience to Thy laws and purposes, 
move on progressively, with absolute certainty 
and mathematical exactness, so my life, or- 
dered by Thee, is ever progressing, evolving, 
and ascending to Thee. 

My life, this day, moves on, like the flow 
of a mighty river, prosperously and irresistibly 
victorious. 

I am in harmony with all Thy laws, my 
constant desire and meditation is to perceive 
the purpose of Infinite Mind regarding my 
life, and attain unto, and live in harmony with 
it. Therefore, I claim the promise, "Blessed 
is the man that walketh not in the counsel of 



Mohn x. 30. 



2 Ps. xxiii. 3. 
11 



3 Prov. iii. 6. 



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the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sin- 
ners, or sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and 
in His law doth he meditate day and night. 
And he shall be like a tree planted by the 
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit 
in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; 
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." 1 

my Father, I thank Thee for prosperity. 
I am prosperity! I think prosperity! I talk 
prosperity! I act prosperity! I attract pros- 
perous people to myself this day, and my in- 
fluence with them adds to their prosperity, 
and they assist in my prosperity. 

1 am prospered this day in everything I 
undertake to do, and I shall undertake only 
those things that love and wisdom shall sug- 
gest. In all my ways I acknowledge Thee, 
and true to the promise, Thou dost direct my 
paths. 2 

This day I take no unnecessary steps, nor 
go upon any fruitless errands. I am guided 
by Thee. I shall do Thy will, speak Thy 
words, and think Thy thoughts after Thee in 
wisdom and love, and the thing whereunto I 
set my hand this day shall prosper. 

I am prosperity this day because, "The 

Lord is My shepherd: I shall not want. He 

maketh Me to lie down in green pastures : He 

iPs. i. 1-3. 2p rov . iii. 6. 

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leadeth Me beside the still waters. He re- 
storeth My soul : He leadeth Me in the paths 
of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, 
though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for Thou 
art with Me; Thy rod and Thy staff They 
comfort Me. Thou preparest a table before 
Me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou 
anointest My head with oil ; My cup runneth 
over. Surely Goodness and Mercy shall fol- 
low Me all the days of My life: and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." 1 

my Father, I thank Thee for guidance. 
I thank Thee for the green pastures, and the 
still waters. The lines are fallen unto me in 
pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heri- 
tage. 2 I thank Thee for the paths of righteous- 
ness; the restoring of my soul, the renewing 
of my mind. I thank Thee for courage, for 
the total absence of fear at what once seemed 
danger. For the perfect love that casteth out 
all fear. 3 I thank Thee for the table filled with 
good things — the sumptuous feast; that my 
cup runneth over with the water of life, and 
the superabundance is of help to those about 
me; that I am "Prospered in all my ways." 

1 delight myself in Thee, and Thou dost 
give me the desires of my heart. 4 

iPs. xxiii. all. 2 Ps. xvi. 6. 3 1 John iv. 18. 

4 Ps. xxxvii. 4. 

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This moment my soul is stirred to its very 
depths with a thrilling sense and feeling of 
prosperity, and the possibility of achievement, 
and I shall go about my Father's business this 
day with triumphant victory permeating and 
vivifying every fibre of my being. 

I am on the Heights with God! I am a 
labourer together with God! I and the Father 
are One! All is prosperity. 

Father, again I thank Thee for prosperity. 
Let Thy work appear unto Thy servant, and 
Thy glory unto Thy children, and let the 
beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : and 
establish Thou the work of our hands upon 
us ; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou 
it 1 

IPs. xc. 16-17. 



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Plenty 



81 



ALL things that the Father hath are mine. — 
John xvi. 1 5. 

All things are yours. — 1 Cor. iii. 21. 

I have all and abound. — Phil. iv. 1 8. 

That ye, always having all sufficiency in all 
things, may abound to every good work. 

2 Cor. xi. 8. 



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Plenty 

MY FATHER, I thank Thee for plenty. I 
have all and abound! 1 Thou art the sub- 
stance and reality of all things, I am one with 
Thee! 2 In Thee I live, and move, and have 
my being, 3 and therefore I am the substance 
of all things necessary to the perfection of my 
life and work! 

Thou art the substance of all things. I am 
in Thee, Thou art in me, and therefore I am 
substance! Thou art all, all is mine, for "all 
things that the Father hath are mine." 4 

The silver is Thine, and the gold is Thine. 5 
The cattle upon a thousand hills are Thine, 6 
and no good thing wilt Thou withhold from 
them that walk uprightly, 7 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness 
thereof, 8 and Thou suppliest all my needs ac- 
cording to Thy riches in glory through Christ! 9 

Thou dost make all grace abound toward 
me, and I have all sufficiency in all things, so 
that I may abound to every good work Thou 
hast planned for me to do. 10 

I am a co-worker with God, and have all 
the resources of the Universe back of me for 

iPhil. iv. 18. 2j hn x. 30. 3Acts xvii. 28. 4 John xvi. 15. 

5 Hag. ii. 2. 6 Ps. 1. 1 0. 7 Ps. lxxxiv. 1 1 . 
*Ps. xxiv. I ; I Cor. x. 16. 9 Phil. iv. 19. 30 2 Cor. ix.. 8 and I 1. 

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the successful prosecution of the work God 
has given, and is helping me to do. 

All things are mine. 1 I am abundance! 
Like the lily of the field, 2 I have within me, 
and exercise the power to attract from all the 
universe of God, everything and all things 
essential to my life and progress; that I may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works. 3 

I live this day the life more abundant. 4 I 
am abundance of everything essential to a full, 
rich life of perfection. 

All things are mine. 5 I am now trusting in 
the living God, who giveth me richly all things 
to enjoy. 6 

I am abundantly satisfied with the fatness 
of Thy house; and Thou dost make me to 
drink of the rivers of Thy pleasures. 7 

Thou hast been my dwelling-place in all 
ages, 8 and Thou art all, and all Thou hast is 
given unto me. I am abundance, great abund- 
ance! 

I am abundance of peace, because God is 
peace, and I and the Father are one. I have 
inherited the earth and shall delight myself in 
the abundance of peace. 9 

M Cor. iii. 21. 2 Matt. vi. 28. 3 2 Tim. iii. 17. 4 John x. 16. 

5 1 Cor. iii. 21. 6 1 Tim. vi. 17. 7 Ps. xxxvi. 8. 

8 Ps. xc. 1. 9 Ps. xxxvii. 11. 

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Plenty 

I am abundance of power, because God is 
all-mighty, all-powerful, and I am in Him and 
He in me. All power in earth and in heaven 
is given me. 1 They go from strength to 
strength, every one in Zion appeareth before 
God. 2 

I am abundance of poise, because I live in 
an infinite sea of Spirit that permeates every 
atom of my being, and the Infinite Holy 
Spirit of God is eternally calm and serene. 

God is my rock and my fortress. 3 He keeps 
me as the apple of the eye. 4 Because I am the 
temple of God, and God dwells within, I can 
say at all times, "None of these things move 
me. 

I am abundance of purity, because my eye 
is single, and I see God in everything, and in 
everybody. "Blessed are the pure in heart: 
for they shall see God." 5 

I am abundance of purpose, because I pur- 
pose to fulfill the whole purpose of God in my 
life. 

I am abundance of prosperity, because I 
have committed my way unto the Lord, and 
He brings it to pass. He makes me perfect in 
every good work. 6 

x Matt. xxviii. 18. 2 Ps. Ixxxiv. 7. 

3 Ps. xxxi. 3. 4 Ps. xvii. 8. 5 Matt. v. 8. 

6Heb. xiii. 21. 

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I am abundance of wealth, because God is 
the substance of all wealth, and I am one with 
God. 

"My Father is rich in houses and lands, 
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His 

hands ; 
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold, 
His coffers are full: He has riches untold. 
I'm a child of the King, a child of the King, 
With Jesus, my Saviour, I'm the child of the 
King." 

I am abundance of wisdom, because God is 
all-wise. In Him are hid all the treasures of 
wisdom and knowledge. 1 In Him I live, and 
move, and have my being. 2 His wisdom per- 
meates me, and is constantly directing my 
thoughts, words, and actions. I am in touch 
with all the wisdom of all eternities, and all 
universes. God is all and in all. 3 

If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth 
not. 4 The Lord giveth wisdom. 5 He giveth 
me abundantly of the wisdom that is from 
above, which is first pure, then peaceable, 
gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy 
and good fruits without partiality. 6 

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness 
for His name's sake, 7 and gives me abundance 
of wisdom for all the affairs of my life today. 

iCol. ii. 3. 2Acts xvii. 28. 3 I Cor. xv. 28. 4 James i. 5. 
5 Prov. ii. 6. 6 James iii. 1 7. 7 Ps. xxiii. 3. 

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Plenty 

I am abundance of love, infinite love, be- 
cause I am hid with Christ in God, 1 and God 
is love. I love life. I love every living crea- 
ture this day with infinite love, the love that 
seeks and desires the perfection of all things 
and all men. I have a smile for every creature 
I shall meet this day. 

This day I live the life more abundant. 2 

O my Father, I thank Thee for abundance; 
that I am one with Thee, and that all the 
Father hath is mine! 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth me 
with benefits! 3 

iCol. iii. 3. 2 John x. 10. 4 Ps. lxviii. 19. 



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XXIII 

The Noon Hour 

FIFTEEN to thirty minutes daily, during the 
noon hour, can be spent most profitably by 
the earnest seeker in the Silence. 

Get into a thoroughly comfortable position 
and totally relax the body. Concentrate for a 
few moments upon the thought of your own 
divinity. To the exclusion of all other ideas, 
desire with the deepest, strongest longing of 
the soul to realize, in your inner conscious- 
ness, the great truth — I and the Father are one. 

Then, with your mind in a receptive atti- 
tude, with your consciousness focused in the 
eyes or forehead wait patiently upon the Lord 
(law). "Be still! and know that I am God!" 1 

You may have some peculiar experiences, 
but in time your persistence will be richly re- 
warded. You may fall asleep during the exer- 
cise. In fact, to lose consciousness in sleep, 
for a few moments, after such a concentration 
in the middle of the day, is most helpful. It 
acts like the recharging of a storage battery. 
It supplies energy to the system and brilliancy 
to the mind. 

iPs. xlvi. 10. 
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XXIV 

The Evening Hour 

THE thoughts we carry into the subcon- 
scious, during sleep at night, determine 
very largely our actions and our characters in 
the waking hours. 

The things we become serious, or feel deeply 
about during the day, unless effaced from the 
mind before going to sleep, will enter the sub- 
conscious as seed-thoughts, which always re- 
produce themselves in future conduct and 
character. 

We should take the time every night, before 
permitting ourselves to fall asleep, to elimi- 
nate from our minds every discordant or ob- 
jectionable thought that may have entered 
during the day. 

The proper direction of the soul or subjec- 
tive mind, before going into the sleeping state, 
is most essential to the cultivation of charac- 
ter, as well as the development of the mind. 
In real soul-growth and mind-culture, the 
eight hours that the brain and body — the ob- 
jective self — is negative in slumber can be 
employed to a better advantage than any other 
portion of the day. 

The most potent factor in shaping the lives 
of drifting, shiftless, purposeless characters, is 

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the habit of falling asleep with the mind full 
of all sorts of uncontrolled thoughts, or a 
blank, and in a despondent or negative state. 
The latter condition invites obsessing influ- 
ences and intelligences to sow the seed- 
thoughts in the subjective, that work havoc in 
the objective life. " While men slept, his 
enemy came and sowed tares among the 
wheat, and went his way." 1 

There is nothing comparable to the drawing 
power of gratitude in attracting the good 
things of life to us. So one should carry into 
the subconscious, at night, gratitude for the 
blessings of the day. "It is a good thing to 
give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto Thy name, O Most High. To show forth 
Thy loving kindness in the morning, and Thy 
faithfulness every night." 2 It is well to live 
the entire day over, in the mind, for a few 
moments, thanking God for everything and 
every experience, 3 in the full assurance that 
"all things work together for good to them 
that love God." 4 In this exercise begin with 
the end of the day and live it over backward. 

Then ask divine guidance for your soul dur- 
ing the night, while your body is quiet in slum- 
ber. "Lead me in the paths of righteousness 
for Thy name's sake." 5 

Watt, xiii. 25. 2p s . xc ii. | .2. 

3 Eph. v. 20; Col. iii. 15; I Thess. v. 18. 4 Rom. viii. 28. 

5 Ps. xxiii. 3. 

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Desire wisdom 1 and knowledge for any 
worthy purpose or occasion, and upon awak- 
ening in the morning you will have the lead- 
ing, usually in the way of mental impressions, 
that once you have learned to follow implicit- 
ly will lead you into the wisest paths and free 
your life from mistakes. With the Psalmist 
you can say, "I will lay me down in peace, 
and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only makest me 
to dwell in safety." 2 

After thanking the Father for the blessings 
of the day, the writer concentrates a few min- 
utes, successively, upon Wisdom, 3 Healing 
Power, 4 and Success or Achievement. 5 It is 
then he builds his "air castles" with all their 
imposing architecture and adornments, know- 
ing full well that the great within will find a 
way to materialize them in granite and marble 
and steel, and people them with awakening 
souls — purposeful men and women with 
whom he can live and work. Know, O 
Earnest Soul, that the power of Intense Desire, 
working in harmony with a well-developed 
faculty of Imagination, are invincible, Infinite, 
omnipotent in shaping your career! 

"I will bless the Lord who hath given me 
counsel: my reins also instruct me in the 
night season." 6 

1 James i. 5. 2 Ps. iv. 8. 3 Ps. xlix. 3. 4 Mark xvi. 18. 
5 Ps. i. 1-3. 6 Ps. xvi. 7. 

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Psychic Development 

IN THESE days of inquiry, while we are 
delving into the ancient philosophies of 
India ; observing the wonderful things in Thib- 
et; making scientific researches into modern 
psychic phenomena; and beginning to realize 
that the so-called miracles of Bible times were 
performed by intelligent manipulation of na- 
tural forces or laws that are just as operative 
today as then, the devout student very natur- 
ally wants to know how to develop his own 
psychic or occult powers. 

There are two suggestions that may be ap- 
propriately made here: 

First: Psychic or occult powers are the 
common property of all normal human beings, 
but their development and use open up a 
world of illusion that is dangerous in the ex- 
treme to any one whose spiritual faculties are 
undeveloped. 

Many deluded men and women fondly im- 
agine they have developed, or have had con- 
ferred upon them psychic powers, but who, on 
the contrary, have simply killed off their indi- 
viduality, dwarfed their spiritual forces, and 
degenerated into mere hypnotic subjects — 
robbed of all power of initiative. No highly 

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developed mind, either in or out of the body, 
ever domineers another intelligence, or seeks 
to hypnotize another human being. No spirit- 
ually developed man will ever surrender his 
conscious mental control to another mentality 
for an instant of time. 

Second: With the prophet at Dothan, 
every sincere Soul may pray, "Lord, I pray 
Thee open his eyes." 1 Whenever your spirit- 
ual development has progressed until your 
character is fixed on the Solid Rock, and you 
are conscious that you have the mind of 
Christ, and your every purpose is to reflect 
the image of your Creator, and assist your 
fellow-creatures to do the same, your psychic 
faculties will unfold. New powers will be 
given you just as rapidly as you show your- 
self worthy and capable of using them for 
good. 

To force their development, which, alas, is 
possible, without the balance wheel of spir- 
itual-mindedness, frequently results in abnor- 
mality, obsession or Black Magic, and invari- 
ably in delusion, Dynamite is useful to the 
intelligent gold miner, but dangerous in the 
hands of curious, ignorant children. 

1 King8 vi. 1 7. 



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A Great Truth 

THE affirmations contained in this little 
booklet, dear Reader, are incomplete and 
indistinct word-pictures of some of the phases 
of your real self, that something within you 
created in the image and likeness of God, and 
therefore beyond descriptive language. 

May the Holy Spirit illumine these pages, 
and help you realize the truth in your life now! 

Allaho 'Abha! 



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